WHOI at a Glance WHOI History Oceanographic Research WHOI Facilities Publications Visitor Information GiftShop What’s New? WHOI Through the Lens Archived Front Page Stories FAQs Contact WHOI	Four Decades of Alvin « Previous  Next » A remote camera captured this image of Alvin at work on a seafloor hydrothermal vent in the early 1990s. (©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)